Slaying near Asheville tears at 2 families

Shooting suspect, victim buddies since childhood

8:32 PM,
Mar. 4, 2013

Darren Clement

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Darren Clement and Jon McFadden were friends for decades, since Little League days, but now their families are struggling to cope with the death of one, allegedly at the hands of the other.

Clement, 46, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of McFadden, 42, on Saturday.

"Both families are devastated," said Mary McFadden, Jon's mother. "He and Darren had been friends for years and years. They would argue sometimes, but they always made up. It was either an accident or he was not in his right mind. I can't even imagine Darren pointing a gun at anybody." ...